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President Biden signs executive orders expanding the boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments.

The Labor Department says the U.S. added just 194,000 jobs last month, even lower than the lackluster showing in August. The unemployment rate fell to 4.8%.

The chief medical officer at Carle BroMenn and Carle Eureka hospitals says improved vaccination rates and lower coronavirus caseloads are good signs, but Dr. Jim Nevin is concerned that COVID-19 patients are younger and sicker than they were last year when long-term care facilities saw the biggest outbreaks.

New research adds to growing concern over zero-calorie drinks. Consuming artificial sweeteners may confuse our body, leading to increased hunger and weight gain.

For a limited time beginning next year, the U.S. Mint will issue quarters honoring women from history. The first batch celebrates icons in civil rights, politics, humanities and science.

At birth, babies' brains look pretty similar. But by age five, there are acute disparities in development. Through a series of studies, Kimberly Noble has found one major factor is family income.

Test-to-stay policies could help keep students in in-person school. But amid a national shortage, rapid tests can be hard to come by, and the practice isn't common.

The high-level talks come at a time when the U.S. and Mexico are dealing with an ongoing surge at their shared border.

As of Oct. 1, some first-class mail has been delivered more slowly. Some say between that and recent price increases, it spells trouble for the agency.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Salamishah Tillet, co-host of a new podcast that puts Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford in conversation together, for the first time. It's called Because of Anita.